How would you explain avega IT AG to your friend in 3 sentences?
avega helps people and organizations to grow. We are passionate about supporting companies in their digital transformation and on their journey towards technical excellence in software development. A modern development environment, passion for what we do and an agile mindest are part of our core values. A small team with a lot of experience. We foster a participative culture instead of hierarchical structures.
Technologies that we use
Can I choose the hardware? What is your coding setup (IDE, OS, Build server, Cloud provider)?
You get choose your own Apple or Windows laptop. For coding, we use Github, CircleCI, IntelliJ IDEA, Vistual Studio Code, AWS, GCP, and some more...
Our software development process
How can I grow as a developer at your company (career paths and learning opportunities)?
We do offer a great degree of freedom and responsibility for every individual team member. Everyone is welcome to contribute ideas and help to get them to take shape. Every year, you're allocated a personal education budget which includes both time and money - you're free to spend it in what you think is the best way. As a small team with much experience, we also love to learn from each other to grow together as a team.
Do you prefer always writing your own software for everything or use frameworks if they fit?
If existing frameworks exist we don't reinvent the wheel - if requirements demand a custom solution we won't shy away from building it.
What are your key values and what are some daily work examples of them?
We're passionate in what we do and strive for excellence. All this in an empathic and authenthic way that is uniquely avega.
How diverse are your teams? What is the typical team size and structure?
Best see for yourselfes - get to know our team at https://www.avega.ch/#team
Do you offer any helpful initiatives for parents with young children?
We do offer great flexibility when it comes to remote work and flexible hours.
What is your remote work policy?
We believe in a healthy mix between on-site collaboration in the team and remote work.
If you do Agile - how is your agile process & release cycle? How much coding vs meetings/planning?
For prducts we develop at avega, we use an agile methodology based on Kanban. Deployments and releases happen on demand, at office hours, using CI/CD. We do have a blog post on this topic if you would like to dive into the details.
Do you have some in-house tech workshops or hackathons? Is there an educational budget?
Can I work on my projects or open source for a part of time?
Yes, we both support open source work as well as 20% non-billable time to be allocated by yourselves. We also have an innovation day once per quarter where you get to choose the topic to work on during the day.
What do I need to do to buy a 50$ educational book on company expense?
Just buy it and scan the receipt with our expenses app
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